Research for a Better Healthcare System

"I am excited to join the dynamic health research environment at the University of Bayreuth," says Dr. Amelie Wuppermann, the new professor at the Chair of Economics III – Finance. From April, she will succeed Prof. Dr. Volker Ulrich in this role. At the University of Bayreuth, Wuppermann aims to further strengthen the economic perspective of health economics and contribute to collaborations, such as with the Upper Franconia Medical Campus or the Kulmbach Campus. She also plans to engage at a broader level through her involvement in the Munich Center for Health Economics and Policy. In the long term, she hopes that insights gained from her research will help improve the healthcare system and make it financially sustainable. The strong health economics focus within the Faculty of Law, Business & Economics at the University of Bayreuth provides an excellent foundation for her work.

Wuppermann completed her Bachelor's degree in Economics at the University of Göttingen before earning her Master's in the same field at Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) Munich. Her studies primarily focused on empirical research and statistics. In her doctoral research at LMU, she combined health economics with empirical analysis, using health insurance billing data to examine how financial incentives influence the demand for healthcare services in Germany. During her PhD, she also spent a year abroad at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the USA. After completing her doctorate, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Mainz before returning to LMU as a junior professor in 2012. Most recently, she spent six years as a professor at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.

Wuppermann is a member of various academic advisory boards, including the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG). Since 2022, she has also served on the board of the German Health Economics Association (DGGÖ), which is dedicated to promoting public awareness of health economics research. In 2024–25, she chaired this professional society, which has around 700 members.